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From Social Security Administration Regional Public Affairs Office Community Outreach

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The Network

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2020 February

Issue #235

Next Meeting

March 10th

9-10:30 a.m. 800 NE Oregon

Kim Hutchinson, MS RN Clinical

Services Manager at Central City

Concern

Update on the Blackburn Building and CCC Services

Resources on Coronavirus

OHA has created a number of resources to help explain ways we can prevent the spread and how to take care of ourselves.

For updates refer to:

https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/DISEASESCONDITIONS/DISEASESAZ/Pages/emerging-respiratory-infections.aspx

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Join SMYRC for the Youth Event on Friday, April 17th https://www.facebook.com/events/198858014672351/

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Then join on Saturday, April 18th for the Adult and Family Friendly Event at PCC NE

Cascade Campus https://www.facebook.com/events/2639691832826243/

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On April 30th Dine Out to support Partnership Project and the HIV Day Center and those living with HIV!

Click here for a list of participating restaurants!

IF YOU CAN’T DINE OUT ON APRIL 30TH YOU CAN STILL SHOW

YOUR SUPPORT BY DONATING TO DINING OUT FOR LIFE PORTLAND

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In an effort to remain aware of all of our programmatic and staff changes throughout the HIV community in Oregon we would like

to collect and share that information.

Programmatic & staff changes should be sent to lagermes@ohsu.edu by the last Wednesday of the month.

Cascade AIDS Project Owen O'Neill is now the Peer Support Team Lead Rob Ingwerson (previous Peer Support Specialist) is CAP’s new .5 FTE HIV/STI Testing

Counselor. In this role Rob will provide testing, linkage to care services, and support to our Pivot team.

Kyle McQuillan is moving into the Housing Program Assistant role. Kyle will be

coordinating medical motels, entering all the TriMet Fare Relief data into a specialized database, CAREWare uploading, Reception and Service Center coverage, and a variety of other tasks

Kristen Cedar, CAP Housing Services Team Lead will ve moving to Multnomah County HIV

Clinic as a medical case manager. Zeke Martin-Brunkhart (he, him, his) and Sofia Suarez (she, her, hers) CAPs new housing

retention peers Chris Altavilla (she/her/hers pronouns) as CAP’s new Clinical Quality Manager at Prism

Health Sadie Oliver-Grey [she/her/hers], our new Housing Services Specialist at the CAP-Davis St.

Office. Her first day will be Monday, March 16, 2020.

HIV Alliance Welcomes: Wesley Lucas - Supportive Housing Navigator, Eugene

Chandler Jordan - Peer Support Specialist, Eugene

Ashlee Willson - Housing Finance Coordinator, Eugene

Amy Smith (will be starting 2/24/20) - Nurse Case Manager, Eugene

Leticia Chavez – Bilingual Care Coordinator in Salem office

Laura Montoya – Bilingual Care Coordinator in Salem office

Sara Pyle – Supportive Housing Program Manager (Lane Co)

Hernan Gonzalez Jeronimo – Bilingual Intake Coordinator in Eugene office

Scott Warner – Bilingual Employment Specialist (Eugene Office)

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HIV Alliance Says Farewell: Eric Garaby and Alejandra Miranda are no longer with the agency. Replacement plan has

already been completed with the hiring of Leticia Chavez and Laura Montoya Nicole Long – In the process of hiring a Roseburg Intake Coordinator

HIV Alliance Program Updates

Currently in development is Supportive Housing Program, which will involve intensive case management and provide housing for high acuity clients.

Multnomah County HIV Clinic Welcomes: Shane Wilson (he/him) is our newest Patient Navigator. His first day is 2/18/20.

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This newsletter is published by

OHSU/ Partnership Project.

Our thanks to OHA HIV Care and Treatment Program for website posting distribution of the newsletter.

The editor is Julia Lager-Mesulam.

Comments/questions about this publication should be directed to:

Julia Lager-Mesulam at lagermes@ohsu.edu, or call (503) 230-1202, FAX (503) 230-1213, 5525 SE Milwaukie Ave. Portland, OR 97202

This issue, and issues from January 2011 on, can be found electronically here